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. 2012 Jun 8;12:418. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-418

Table 4.

Variable coding in multiple linear regression

Variable Variable coding
Dependent Variable
 
Sensitivity or Timeliness
Actual value
Independent Variable
 
Algorithm
1 CUSUM
 
2 MPM
 
3 EWMA
Incubation
1 Short
 
2 Medium
 
3 Long
Baseline counts
Actual value
Outbreak magnitude
0.5
 
1.0
 
2.0
  3.0